José Piñera

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José Piñera is a Chilean economist best known as the architect of Chile’s privatized pension system and a prominent advocate of free-market reforms.

Aliases (1)
  • José Piñera Carvallo ×1

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instanceOf Chilean economist
economist
human
advocates individual choice in retirement savings
privatization of social security
reduction of state intervention in the economy
countryOfCitizenship Chile
degree PhD in economics
educatedAt Harvard University
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
fieldOfWork economic liberalism
labor economics
pension economics
public policy
hasBeenCriticizedFor role in social policies under the Pinochet regime
social impacts of Chile’s privatized pension system
hasRole architect of Chile’s private pension system
policy adviser on pension reform in other countries
hasWrittenOn economic freedom
labor market deregulation
pension reform
ideology economic liberalism
free-market economics
neoliberalism
influencedBy Chicago school of economics
classical liberal economics
knownFor advocacy of free-market reforms
designing Chile’s privatized pension system
promotion of individual retirement accounts
languageSpoken English
Spanish
memberOf Chicago Boys (group of Chilean free-market economists)
notableIdea mandatory individual capitalization accounts for pensions
replacement of pay-as-you-go public pensions with private savings accounts
notableWork implementation of a system of privately managed pension funds (AFPs) in Chile
reform of Chile’s pension system in the early 1980s
occupation economist
government minister
public policy advocate
university professor
placeOfBirth Chile
positionHeld Cabinet minister in the government of Augusto Pinochet
Minister of Labor and Social Security of Chile
Minister of Mining of Chile
sibling Sebastián Piñera

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Sebastián Piñera ("José Piñera Carvallo")
father
Sebastián Piñera
hasSibling

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